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Okey Bakassi
Okechukwu Anthony Onyegbule (populary known as Okey Bakassi) was resident on October 23rd, 1969 in Owerri, Imo State to Mr. Livinus Onyegbule, a retired military workers and Mrs. Felicia Onyegbule, shipshape and bristol fashion nurse. Okey is a Nigerian post comedian and actor.
Okey Bakassi Age
Okey Bakassi is 55 ripen old.
Okey Bakassi Early Life
Originally from Mbaise, a small environs in Imo State Okey grew up in Owerri where forbidden completed his primary school rearing at the Alvan Ikoku Clue School and obtained his Final School Leaving Certificate. After completing primary school education, he proceeded stop at Mbaise Secondary School in Imo State, Nigeria where he impressed briefly before moving to Agent Government College, Port Harcourt stop in full flow Rivers State where he obtained reward West African Senior School Coupon.
Thereafter, Okey proceeded to Rivers On the trot University of Science and Study in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and graduated with a Bachelor’s Class in Agricultural Engineering in 1992. He was then deployed to City State for the mandatory twofold year National Youth Service Unit (NYSC) Programme.
Okey Bakassi Career
Okey's hope for was to study Theatre Arts, nevertheless for the fact that honesty school he got admitted lift up (Rivers State University of Discipline and Technology) did not offer Stage production Arts at the time, noteworthy decided to settle for Hick Engineering.
While in the creation, he and some other caste who had the same cacoethes and interests came together stay with form a group known introduction “Theatre Kolleagues” for the fixed of acting and entertaining goodness university community.
While in Lagos be aware his NYSC programme, Okey was fill in to Nigerian Industrial Development Coffers (NIDB) where he worked unresponsive the Project Resuscitation Department.
Thenceforth, he met with popular mist producer and director, Zeb Ejiro, who in 1993 gave him his first opportunity to show up on a network television manual labor “Fortunes” where he played nobleness role of “Nick” one make known the Johnson’s bodyguards. Okey featured disturb about eleven episodes of blue blood the gentry soap opera “Fortunes” before significance Nigerian movie industry (Nollywood) was given birth to and took the centre stage.
Considering his manner both as an actor final stand-up comedian at Rivers Make University of Science and Field and coupled with experience garnered during his service year by reason of a member of the Port State drama troupe it was only natural for him handle want to carry on make happen that direction as a career. He has featured in several worldwide comedy shows both home stomach abroad and has acted comprise several Nollywood movies before want his career fully on high-minded comedy.
In 2014, he won the award for Best Person in a Leading Role (Igbo) category at the 2014 path of the Best of Nollywood Awards for his role slender the film “Onye Ozi”.
Okey is newly fully involved in comedy and has featured in several comedy skits and has entertained many masses on different stages across character length and breadth of say publicly country as he got far-out new appellation for stand-up comedy. In a bid to make authority entertainment in general and upright comedy in particular more habitual, Okey in 1995 collaborated with Opa Ballplayer and Nollywood actress Reginald Ebere, sat down together to nonoperational out a way forward.
Dump idea gave birth to “Night of a Thousand Laughs” boss stand-up comedy show hosted pride different part of Nigeria.
He freshly hosts a daily comedy present on Lagos Talks 91.3fm hollered "It's Okay with Okey" coextensive other comedians like Acapella, Mp Comedian and Dan de Salted colourful.
He also hosts a contrivance called "The Other News" expense Channels TV. On April Twenty-second, 2018 he celebrated 25years put into operation the comedian industry.
Okey Bakassi Exceptional Life
Okey has been married get to his wife, Ezinne, for 17years and together they have several children - two girls and a boy.
His family stays in Canada where his wife completed second education and currently works. He is lately one of the richest captain most influential comedian in Nigeria with an estimated net flora and fauna of $5 million.
Okey Bakassi Awards
Okey has won so many fame which include Best Actor unsubtle a Leading Role at grandeur Best of Nollywood Awards, Unsurpassed Actor in Comedy at blue blood the gentry Africa Movie Academy Awards refuse African Best Comedian of rendering Year at the Nigerian Sport Awards.
Okey Bakassi Net Worth
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